Sneakers, Raf Simons, Bono. Rarely has one tragic-depressive, post-punk singer had such long-lasting influence. On the eve of Anton Corbijn’s new film, Control, about Ian Curtis, front man for Joy Division, a look at what came after his suicide.

Three chances to rebut The American Scholar’s recent dis of Brooklyn’s novelistic output.

A D.J. gig for every mood.

Smart talk about the prospect of another President Clinton.

This month’s remembrances of New York’s worst day wrap up with a pair of literary events.

For the High Holidays, a pair of talks about Jewish identity.

Three events worth arriving early for at the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday.

This fall, the best bands making their debuts are an eclectic lot—so eclectic, in fact, that the best way to organize them is not by style, but by temperament.

A pair of daylong Saturday benefits.

We asked six music obsessives to pick a recent album they can’t stop listening to.